Ireland Airs First Radio Condom Ad

November 10, 1993

Traditionally Roman Catholic Ireland aired advertisements for condoms for the first time Wednesday. The racy radio ad for Durex, Britain's leading condom manufacturer, was the first to be broadcast in the country. It featured a woman gossiping about a "really cute" man who tried to use his own brand of condoms. "No way, says I," the woman said. "Have you no Durex?" Condoms were officially banned in Ireland until the late 1970s, and became freely available in vending machines only this year.